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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE DAY
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Marquis de La Fayette, born on September 6, 1757, is considered a national hero in both
France and the United States for his participation in the American and French revolutions and is one of only six
Honorary Citizens of the United States; and
' ,
WHEREAS, La fayette served heroically and with distinction during the American Revolution both as a
general and as· a diplomat, offering his services as an unpaid volunteer; and ·
WHEREAS, La Fayette's first battle in the American Revolution was at Brandywine, where he fought
courageously and was wounded, he also served with distinction in various other engagements to include the
surrender of the British army at Yorktown; and
WHEREAS, in 1783 the two colonial vi llages of Cross Creek and Campbellton were merged by the
legislature and named Fayetteville, tl1e first city in the United States named for La Fayette, and the only one named
for him that he actually visited; and
WHEREAS, in 1789, the General Assembly and constitutional convention met in Fayetteville where
delegates ratified the United States Constitution, chartered the University ofN01th Carolina, and ceded the state's
western lands to form the state ofTe1messee; and
WHEREAS, during I:.a fayette's tour of the United States as "The Guest of the Nation," he was entertained
in Fayetteville on the 4th and S'b of March 1825 by the leading citizens ofthe state and community to include
Governor Hutchins G. Burton; and
WHEREAS, upon the death of La fayette in 1834, tl1eCityofFayetteville held a large memorial service
and eloquent eulogium on his character and services; and
WHEREAS, upon the bi-centennial of the naming of Fayetteville in 1983, the La Fayette Society and
General La Fayette's great-great grandson, The Count Rene de Chambrun, unveiled a statue of General La Fayette
in the Downtown Historic District;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim March 2, 2007, as "MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE DAY" and commend this observance to all
our citizens.
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
this fifteent11 day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven,
. United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE DAY
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Marquis de La Fayette, born on September 6, 1757, is considered a national hero in both
France and the United States for his participation in the American and French revolutions and is one of only six
Honorary Citizens of the United States; and
' ,
WHEREAS, La fayette served heroically and with distinction during the American Revolution both as a
general and as· a diplomat, offering his services as an unpaid volunteer; and ·
WHEREAS, La Fayette's first battle in the American Revolution was at Brandywine, where he fought
courageously and was wounded, he also served with distinction in various other engagements to include the
surrender of the British army at Yorktown; and
WHEREAS, in 1783 the two colonial vi llages of Cross Creek and Campbellton were merged by the
legislature and named Fayetteville, tl1e first city in the United States named for La Fayette, and the only one named
for him that he actually visited; and
WHEREAS, in 1789, the General Assembly and constitutional convention met in Fayetteville where
delegates ratified the United States Constitution, chartered the University ofN01th Carolina, and ceded the state's
western lands to form the state ofTe1messee; and
WHEREAS, during I:.a fayette's tour of the United States as "The Guest of the Nation," he was entertained
in Fayetteville on the 4th and S'b of March 1825 by the leading citizens ofthe state and community to include
Governor Hutchins G. Burton; and
WHEREAS, upon the death of La fayette in 1834, tl1eCityofFayetteville held a large memorial service
and eloquent eulogium on his character and services; and
WHEREAS, upon the bi-centennial of the naming of Fayetteville in 1983, the La Fayette Society and
General La Fayette's great-great grandson, The Count Rene de Chambrun, unveiled a statue of General La Fayette
in the Downtown Historic District;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim March 2, 2007, as "MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE DAY" and commend this observance to all
our citizens.
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
this fifteent11 day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven,
. United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.